sebi:SEBI/WTM/MPB/IMD/ILO/48/2019
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Facts / Headnote
Interim order restraining Highbrow and its present and past directors from offering investment advisory services; freezing of securities and bank accounts; directions to depositories, banks and RTAs to prevent debits.
Provisions invoked
- s. 19
- s. 12A
- s. 179
Regulations
- Reg. 3
- Reg. 2(1)(c)
- Reg. 16
- Reg. 17
- Reg. 15
- Reg. 21
- Reg. 21(1)
- Reg. 2(m)
- Reg. 15(2)
- Reg. 15(9)
- Reg. 2(l)
Parties
- Highbrow Market Research Private Limited
- Chandan Singh Rajput
- Rahul Trivedi
- Sunil Atode
- Laxmikant Sharma
- Mohit Chhaparwal
- Hemant Agrawal
- Swapnil Prajapati
- Manjit Singh Mongia
- Sumeet Singh Mongia
Holding
Highbrow Market Research Private Limited was found to have prima facie violated the IA Regulations (regulations 15(1), 15(9) and 17) and PFUTP Regulations by engaging in fraudulent and unfair trade practices including promising assured returns, charging exorbitant fees disproportionate to clients' financial capacity, and failing to act in a fiduciary capacity. Interim directions were issued restraining Highbrow and its present and past directors from continuing investment advisory activity and freezing its securities and bank accounts pending further proceedings.
Full text
Order in the matter of Highbrow Market Research Private Limited Page 2 of 40 Square, A B Road, Indore – Madhya Pradesh. Website address of Highbrow is https://www.ways2capital.com.
Order in the matter of Highbrow Market Research Private Limited Page 3 of 40 3. The shareholding pattern of Highbrow is as under:
Order in the matter of Highbrow Market Research Private Limited Page 4 of 40 8. Profit counter run by Highbrow 8.1. It is observed that Highbrow on its website link https://www.ways2capital.com/profit-count.php runs a profit counter which essentially shows the amount of profit which an investor can earn on his investment value across different market segments such as stock, derivative, forex and commodity. The said link also provides contact details for “quick trial” and the toll free number to contact Highbrow. Thus, the said profit counter is apparently used by Highbrow to market its performance to investors and to lure them into using the services of highbrow. The profit counter provides for investment returns across different time horizon i.e. one day, one week, one month, six months and one year. It is surprising to note that the profit calculation projected on this link remains unchanged regardless of the market segment in which the investment is made. The only disclaimer provided on the link is that “Profit calculation are based on hypothetical data”. The returns revealed on this link appear to be assured and are not supported by any
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